Jennifer Mitchell (born May 5, 1988 as Jennifer Brine) is a
Canadian curler from
Halifax, Nova Scotia.
She is a two-time
Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts champion.
Career
Mitchell made her first national appearance at the
2006 Canadian Junior Curling Championships playing
third for
Sarah Murphy. After a 7–4 round robin record, they defeated Northern Ontario in the tiebreaker before losing to Manitoba to claim the bronze medal. Team Murphy (Rhyno at the time) qualified for their first
Grand Slam of Curling event at the
2007 Sobeys Slam
The 2007 Sobeys Slam was held from November 29 to December 2 at the John Brother MacDonald Stadium in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. It was the fourth of five women's Grand Slam events during the 2007–08 season. It was the first season where the ev ...
, going 0–3 in the triple knockout event. In 2010, her team qualified for the playoffs at the
2010 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2010 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held January 5–10 at the Liverpool Curling Club in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. The winning team of Nancy McConnery represented Nova Scotia at the 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Sault Ste. ...
where they lost in the semifinal to eventual champion
Nancy McConnery. They played in the Sobeys Slam for a second time in
2010
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, failing to reach the playoffs once again.
After the
2014–15 season, Mitchell and longtime teammate Sarah Murphy joined the
Jill Brothers rink at alternate and third respectively for the
2015–16 season. The team had a good season on tour, winning the
Dave Jones Mayflower Cashspiel and finishing first at the Nova Scotia provincial qualifier. They continued their strong play into the
2016 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, defeating
Mary-Anne Arsenault to claim their first provincial championship as a new team. At the
2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held from February 20 to 28 at Revolution Place in Grande Prairie, Alberta. The winning team represented Canada at the 2016 World Women's Curling Championship held from March 19 to 27 at the Credit Uni ...
, they finished in seventh place with a 6–5 record. Team Brothers started the
2016–17 season by defending their title at the Dave Jones Mayflower Cashspiel and winning the
Lady Monctonian Invitational Spiel
The Atlantic Superstore Monctonian Challenge (known previously as the Lady Monctonian Invitational Spiel and the Lady Monctonian Invitational as it was an only women's event) is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, held at Curl Moncton in ...
. They could not defend their title as provincial champions however, losing to
Mary Mattatall in the final of the
2017 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2017 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship of Nova Scotia, was held from January 24 to 29 at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax. The winning Mary Mattatall team represented Nova Scotia at th ...
. Team Brothers also won the Dave Jones Mayflower Cashspiel in both 2017 and 2018, making them the champions for four years in a row. They won their second provincial championship at the
2019 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, stealing two in the final end to defeat Mary-Anne Arsenault 6–5. At the
2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, was held from February 16 to 24 at the Centre 200 in Sydney, Nova Scotia. The winning team represented Canada at the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship he ...
, they finished pool play with a 2–5 record, failing to advance to the championship pool.
Team Brothers played in the
2019 Tour Challenge
The 2019 KIOTI TRACTOR Tour Challenge was held from November 5 to 10, at the Pictou County Wellness Centre in Westville Road, Nova Scotia. It was the second Grand Slam event of the 2019–20 season.
In the men's tier 1 final, Brad Jacobs of ...
Tier 2 Grand Slam of Curling event, missing the playoffs with a 1–3 record. They also finished runner-up at
The Curling Store Cashspiel. They couldn't win their fifth straight Dave Jones Mayflower Cashspiel, losing out in the semifinals to
Tori Koana. At the
2020 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, they lost in the semifinal to
Colleen Jones. Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Nova Scotia
The COVID-19 pandemic in Nova Scotia is an ongoing viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19), a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ( SARS-CoV-2). On March 15, 2020, three presumptive ...
, the 2021
Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts was cancelled. Since the reigning champions, Team Mary-Anne Arsenault, did not retain three out of four team members still playing together, Team Brothers (the top-ranked Nova Scotia team on the points list for the
2020–21 season) was invited to represent Nova Scotia at the
2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, was held from February 19 to 28 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. The winning Kerri Einarson team represented Canada at ...
, which they accepted. One member of Team Brothers,
Sarah Murphy opted not to attend the Scotties, with Mitchell moving up to second and alternate
Emma Logan moving up to play lead. At the Tournament of Hearts, the team finished with a 3–5 record, failing to make it to the championship round.
Personal life
Mitchell is employed as an autism specialist at HRCE. She is married to Chris Mitchell.
Teams
References
External links
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1988 births
Canadian women curlers
Living people
Curlers from Halifax, Nova Scotia